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The nearest Paris Métro stops are Villiers and Monceau on Line 2. The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau describes the museum as housing "a spectacular collection of French decorative art from the second half of the 18th century. Admire Aubusson tapestries, canvases by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun or items that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette.
After a diplomatic conference in Paris in 1880, the convention was signed on 20 March 1883 by 11 countries: Belgium, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, El Salvador, Kingdom of Serbia, [6] Spain and Switzerland. Guatemala, El Salvador and Serbia denounced and reapplied the convention via accession. [7] [8] [9]
The Palais des congrès de Paris (French pronunciation: [palɛ de kɔ̃ɡʁɛ də paʁi]; English: Paris Congress Centre) is a convention centre, concert venue, and shopping mall at the Porte Maillot in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974.
The present Destinations International was founded in 1915 in St. Louis by sales representatives of 28 different US destinations as the Association of Convention Secretaries whose goal was to share accurate information about conventions, promote sound professional practices in the solicitation and servicing of meetings and conventions, and develop "scientific" principles of convention management.
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Tourism in Paris is a major income source. Paris received 12.6 million visitors in 2020, measured by hotel stays, a drop of 73 percent from 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of foreign visitors declined by 80.7 percent. [1]
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE; English: International Exhibitions Bureau) [1] is an intergovernmental organization created to supervise international exhibitions (also known as expos, global expos or world expos) falling under the jurisdiction of the Convention Relating to International Exhibitions.
DMOs are known as tourist boards, tourism authorities or "Convention and Visitors Bureaus". [1] They primarily exist to provide information to leisure travelers. Additionally, where a suitable infrastructure exists, they encourage event organizers to choose their location for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions , collectively ...